Jackson Jambalaya

Don't hold your breath on this place...

I'm looking forward to this!

Major win for Northeast JXN.

Old canton road construction is what killed BYB. The people that had that store ended up leaving the restaurant business because of Jackson city construction

Glad to have a new business to generate taxes for Jxn, but I loved Backyard burgers and their chili a whole lot more than bird nest soup.

Coming soon and going gone soon after.

If they would repave Old Canton, this area could be revitalized. Right now the road is awful and the little houses are too close to the road for anyone with sense to live in them. The whole area needs to be redeveloped. Money to be had!

It was a damn good burger joint back in the late 80's.

Maybe Chick-Fil-A wiii take over the abandoned Trustmark branch and a Gym chain will invade the closed Baptist health building.

I was just thinking today how I wished BYB was still around.

@8:32
BYB continued to remain in the city of Jackson for years after this location closed. The location across from umc was open until they shit them down locally. Flowood Madison etc all closed for good on that same day

First BYB I had was from there when I moved into Northtown Apartments just out of school in the early 90s. It was a great place to live…then.

@9:07 PM, Democrats can’t control cities like Jackson forever without the “high crime” that keeps “voters that don’t vote Democrat” OUT of cities like Jackson. However, Lumumba was too stupid to understand Democrats must not let the crime get so high that it completely destroys the city (like becoming the “radical” murder capital).

RE: your comments “If they would repave Old Canton, this area could be revitalized.” “Money to be had!”, some of us were naïve enough to believe this about downtown Jackson 3+ decades ago, but learned the hard way that the money was “to be had” alright. And we’ve been hearing this NE Jackson revitalize story from the younger generation for about 15 years now, and it’s only gotten worse, and at least one I know has lost his ___ .

So, unless the Democrat Party abandon’s it “Party of Crime’ platform, the “money to be had” safe bet is in the burbs, not Party of Crime Democrat controlled Jackson.

There's a sucker born every minute. Right?

The BYB restaurant in Byram closed years ago. Not everyone likes charred, black, crunchy shit on their burgers.

I hated seeing BYB go. It was easily the best "quick service" burger joint around. As far as Ichiban goes, the buffet at the Madison location has seriously dwindled in quality, content, and even taste since they put in the hibachi tables.

Jackson is SAVED!

Mr. Kingfish - would you be able to dig into when/if Old Canton Road will be repaved? I believe a preferred engineer was paid $1.5 M to develop plans a few years ago "in the previous administration". However, I noticed the 1/27/26 Council Minutes from COJ didn't mention this as a project that was being sent to the MPO for possible MDOT/LPA funding, though it would seem to be a reasonable ask, but not guaranteed.

Sir, this is a Wendy’s

BYB was my go to when I wanted fast food. Closest fast food burger to a real burger. The grilled chicken sammiches - blackened or Hawaiian were pretty good too. As for Ichiban, sorry to hear that about Madison. I've always had good meals at the Rankin locations, hibachi or boo-fet.

bruh that backyard burger was so damn good - anybody miss xan's ?

bring back Danver's

I always liked the BYB cheeseburger. Wish it was still around. Has anything happened to the building they had in Flowood?

If I recall, the old BYB building in Madison is now Whataburger. Not sure that's a good trade-off but I do enjoy a Whataburger now and then. Still a far cry from the bacon cheeseburger or Hawaiian chicken from BYB. And those seasoned fries? Addicting.

Wow! Someone else remembers Danver's I see. @9:34AM

@6:53am I bet you are fun at parties.

Danver's was the bomb, great hamburger and salad bar.

What!!?? Nagoya!! That is great news

Franchise owner of ocr location left the business.

that area of jackson is quickly turning dangerous

I wish we had a Japanese restaurant that served more than just Americanized Tappanyaki and Americanized sushi. Every Hibatchi restaurant is basically a clone of the pooular Benihana restaurants from the 70s that really never really came to “flyover” America. And I am talking about stuff Americans would like like Katsu Curry and Japanese diner or “truck stop” food.

That happened to YOU, too? That happened to us, in Madison. At the drive-thru, my daughter and I were informed that we needed to come inside, to wait (the reason was garbled because the speaker wasn't working very well). So, in we went, to wait... and wait.

Well... the sound system wasn't working, either. So, they'd just turned it up to life-threatening volume, even though the tape or whatever was slipping so badly, it was not recognizable as music. It sounded like the building was being devoured by The Blob.

Eventually, we were brought our Veggie Burgers (this was during our highly-regrettable Vegan period). When we got home, we discovered the "black, crunchy shit" you describe so well. It looked like grilled black plastic. We intended to take it to the Health Department or something - but had other fires to put out, and so that didn't happen (nor did we ever return to Backyard Burger).

What WAS that stuff? Does anybody know?

Maybe I'm getting old but does anyone remember the old Picadilly made from scratch recipes when it was sort of "nice" and everyone was dressed in Sunday outfits?

Crime will take it down.

Why all of the negative comments? The business owners at least have guts to open a new business and, remember, this is their livelihood and they are working, unlike a vast majority of the population!

If the BYB in Madison, The City Not For Sale, has become a WhattaBurger, you can bet your Converse High-tops they ain't got them big orange signs.

Don't let this out, but, Gerald Steen is about to put a convenience store and Dollar Gentral on what used to be the football field in Madison, The City Not For Sale.

3/16 @ 4:36 pm - huh?